Mobile phone industry giants Apple and Google have agreed to dismiss lawsuits they had brought against each other over technology patents.
In a joint statement, the companies said they would work together in �some areas of patent reform�.
But the deal did not include licensing their technology to each other.
Apple � which produces iPhones � and firms that make phones using Google�s Android software earlier filed dozens of lawsuits against one another.
Earlier this month, a jury in California ordered South Korea�s Samsung firm to pay Apple $119.6m (�71m) for for infringing two of its patents.
The court also ruled that Apple infringed Samsung�s patents and awarded $158,000 in damages.
Android software is now installed on some 80% of new phones sold every year.
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